Branding-tool.



H. H. MOORE.

BRANDING TOOL.

TloN man JUNE Patented Deo. 21, 1915.

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HERBERT :mi/icons, or onrofieo, ItLinois, assrenon 'ro swim` AND COMPANY, nkr

CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

pannolino-root.

Application led .Tune 10, 1915.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, HERBERT H. Moonn, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Chicago, county of Cook, and State of illinois, have inventedvcertain new and useful improvements in Branding-Tools, of which the following is a speciiication.

The main objects of this invention are to provide an improved formof branding tool constructed so that the branding characters are capable of` adjusting,themselves to the irregularities in the surface of the object to be branded; to provide an improved mounting of the characters whereby they kare movable `relative to the supporting member individually or in groups, so that all of the characters may be simultaneously impressed upon the object with substantially equal pressure; and to provide an improved tool of this kind which is capable of making the brand by means of ink or by the application of heat. s

An illustrative embodiment of this invention is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which, f

`Figure l is a perspective .view of the improved branding tool. Fig. 2 is a bottom plan of the same showing the character of the brand embodied-in tnetool herein described. n n

In the construction herein shown, the tool comprises asupport orframe l on which character-supporting members 2 are mounted. This frame is formed of a pairy of bars or plates 7 and 8 spaced apart by spacing blocks 9 and secured together with said spacing blocks by means of bolts and nuts 10. A handle 3 is attached to said frame by means of which the tool is operated. The members 2 are separately carried on stems 4C slidably mounted on the frame l so that the members are independently movable transversely to said frame, whereby when the characters are impressed upon the object to be branded, the members may yield so as to accommodate themselves to the irregularities in the surface of said object.

` vSpecication of Letters Patent.

Patented DBC. 21, 1915.

serial No. 33,280.

the imprint of all of the characters ofk the brand. In the form herein shown, the springsy normally urge the members 2 so that the characters are brought into alinement. Pins or shoulders 6 secured to the stems fl: between the plates 7 and 8 limit the movement of the stems.

The tool is intended for all branding purpo-ses and may be constructed so as to make the brand either with the use of ink or the application of heat.

Although but one specific embodiment of this invention has been herein shown and described, it will be understood that numerous' details of the construction shown may be altered or omitted without departing from the spirit of this invention as deined by the following claims.

l. A branding tool, comprising a support rformed of a pair of spaced bars, a plurality of members, branding characters formed on said members, stems carrying said members and slidably mounted on said bars whereby said. members are independently shiftable coact therewith to limit the transverse movement of said members.

2. A branding tool, comprising a support formed of a pair of plates secured together in spaced relation, a. plurality of members, branding characters formed on said members, non-rotatable stems carrying said members and slidably mounted on said plates whereby said members are independently shiftable transversely to said support, springs embracing said stems between said members and the adjacent plate of said support and adapted to transmit pressure from said support individually to said members,

- signed at' ychicago misma day of June, 1915, I f n HERBERT HMOQBE. VVitnesses: y f F. A. BENSON,-

E. KIXMILLER.

. Copies of this patent may be obtained foi' ve events each, by addressixxgthe v Commissioner of Patenti,

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